I have rung up Jervis Bay cabins and camping and booked with them (although she said she would call me back/send an email tonight which she hasn't?, so l'm a bit worried about my credit card details as l had to pay in full) so if everything goes ahead with that, we will be enjoying a 6 night stay there on an unpowered site on the waterfront

EDIT: Just one question that has been puzzling me - how big does our esky need to be? 50L?

missy wrote:EDIT: Just one question that has been puzzling me - how big does our esky need to be? 50L?

As big as you can fit in your vehicle/afford to buy, it all depends on how much food & drink you want to take, for example a big part of our space in the esky is taken up by a cask of wine we have about a 50L esky & it rides in our trailer, but if we did not have the trailer we would have to use a smaller esky that fitted in the boot, like we did on our 1st trip (but we still ended up taking two cars )

missy wrote:EDIT: Just one question that has been puzzling me - how big does our esky need to be? 50L?

As big as you can fit in your vehicle/afford to buy, it all depends on how much food & drink you want to take, for example a big part of our space in the esky is taken up by a cask of wine we have about a 50L esky & it rides in our trailer, but if we did not have the trailer we would have to use a smaller esky that fitted in the boot, like we did on our 1st trip (but we still ended up taking two cars )

Michael

Awesome, my parents have 2 large ones l can pick from, and see which one fits in the ute along with the tent and all the other stuff.

Thanks gypsy I certainly hope so, just waiting for confirmation that we have been successful with the booking...

I'm also waiting very patiently to see on the weekend what equipment exactly my parents have, some of it might be broken/not working etc. I already have a list of things to buy from places if we need to replace anything. I've also been taking a look at ebay everynow and again to see what people are selling.

We are staying at Jervis Bay, and the lady on the phone asked me which site l wanted: 1. waterfront, clear view of water, no parking space. 2. partially obstructed view of water, although still waterfront with a parking space.

I opted for the parking space. I constantly need to get things out of my car

I can't really add much as it's all been covered pretty much by everyone, one though as you have a tent a good idea is to have a tarp to give shade for you and the tent, it will be hot (although the current weather doesn't suggest that)

It should be big enough to cover the tent and act as an awning to sit under, like this; click on this linkdownload/file.php?id=353

Of coarse it doesn't have to be this big but you get the idea, of coarse it is also good for when the weather turns bad.

Baz.

01 Discovery TD5 Locked & Lifted & Redback Country Camper TrailerWe swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties.Peter Lalor

Gypsy - No unfortunately l didn't see the thread However, it only cost me $4 so if it does end up rusting as other people have said, its not a large amount of money wasted.

Baz - l have been thinking about getting one, but aren't they extremely expensive?? The tent my parents are letting me borrow is a 6man tent, they are also letting me borrow a gazebo type shade which we used on picnics a lot. Not sure how much a tarp would cost for the size l would need... bit short on funds at the moment, due to spending $200 yesterday, $300 on booking...

Seeing you have a gazebo, just a tarp to cover the tent is fine, Supercheap have them for not much money, 3 x 3 should cover the tent, probably $20 or $30.

Suppercheap cataloguehttp://www.supercheapauto.com/products/outdoor.aspxSilver TarpsThe silver tarps available are silver sided to reflect heat and black on the other side to absord heat. They are 185gsm woven high denisity UVI treated polethelene. There are six sizes available in store from 180cm x 240cm (6ftx8ft) to 550cm x 730cm (18ftx24ft). There are 2 styles of silvers tarps available at Supercheap Auto - Premium & Ultra. The Premium have rust resistant grommets and the Ultra have heavy duty corner contruction with D rings.

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missy wrote:Gypsy - No unfortunately l didn't see the thread :( However, it only cost me $4 so if it does end up rusting as other people have said, its not a large amount of money wasted.

It was not the cost or rusting so much as the performance Missy. I had my first one for about 10 years or so before it had to be replaced and they are now around the $10 - $15 mark, much cheaper than when I bought my first one.

Redback - that sounds much more affordable from this end! I will take a look on Saturday.

Gypsy - thanks for that info I will see how this one goes... l just know l am a sucker for toast in the morning!! Vegemite kid through and though (l seriously think they wrote that song for me)

On a side note, for the kitchen. I have rung up kmart stores (about 5 of them) in my area and they all said they haven't got any. I had a look on ebay and l found a nice one by oztrail for $100 from west gosford. I'm going to hed up there on Saturday and try and get one